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Dec 15, 2023 · A film based on Percival Everett's novel Erasure, about a Black author's struggle with white interest in his work. The film explores the themes of identity, stereotypes, and marketability in the literary world, with Jeffrey Wright as the lead actor.
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Dec 14, 2023 · Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” is a cagey, cerebral dramedy about a joke that backfires on its author, a stone-faced literature professor named Thelonious Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) who ...
- Cord Jefferson
- Amy Nicholson
- 117 min
Sep 9, 2023 · A literary professor writes a parody of street lit to protest the commodification of Black voices, but his book becomes a bestseller. The film explores the challenges and dilemmas of Black artists in the industry, with Jeffrey Wright as the lead actor.
Sep 9, 2023 · American Fiction is a clever and charming offering for the next generation of writers facing the same existential questions. Thelonious Ellison ( Jeffrey Wright ) is a middle-aged Black man in...
- Lovia Gyarkye
Dec 22, 2023 · In American Fiction, a Black writer who “doesn’t see race” pens a race novel. Jeffrey Wright gives a career-crowning performance in this wry and surprisingly warm-hearted race satire.
Sep 10, 2023 · A film adaptation of Percival Everett's novel Erasure, starring Jeffrey Wright as an author who writes a parody of a stereotypical Black novel and gets published. The film explores the literary world, the family dynamics, and the themes of representation and identity.